@forteller I am not an specialist, but in my opinion the ethtool is used for Ethernet not for WiFi. My WiFi is ok (I use my netbook as Wifi modem) but the wired network isn´t. But if it works for you - why not.
@Book 'em Dano thx - it´s done I remember there was a "report a bug" button in the gnome menu, but don´t find it in ubuntu 10.4/12.4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053945 Title: No network (eth) in Battery mode Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When the Power cable is unplugged, the Internet connection is alredy shown as connected, but it dosn´t function. The solution ist to enable the autoneg manually every time after the power cable is unplugged. sudo ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on The netbook is a Samsung N150 with Ubuntu 12.4 more Information: lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e025] Kernel driver in use: ath9k -- 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: sky2 ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:24:54:45:95:95 inet Adresse:10.42.0.1 Bcast:10.42.0.255 Maske:255.255.255.0 inet6-Adresse: fe80::224:54ff:fe45:9595/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1 RX packets:1149981 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1744626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000 RX-Bytes:92461226 (92.4 MB) TX-Bytes:2447087681 (2.4 GB) Interrupt:18 sudo ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: No Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: Unknown Supports Wake-on: pg Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err tx_err Link detected: yes --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: country DE: (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5150 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR (5250 - 5350 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS (5470 - 5725 @ 40), (N/A, 26), DFS DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 10.42.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.42.0.1 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.4 metric 2 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27 Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1053945/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

